Brierley and its people in photographs

PRESENTS

News from the Brierley Historic Photographic Society

Eric Wright, Billy and Yvonne Bates take stock with Jean Mann at the Genealogy class

Genealogy class

The Genealogy class, which is held in Brierley Hall on Thursday at 7pm and organised by the Historic Photographic Society, resumed this week after the holidays. The class is informal and anyone is welcome to attend. The class is becoming very popular, and already five members have traced their ancestors back to the 1881 census. The history room is also open on a Monday morning from 10am till 12 where volunteers are required to catalogue the artefacts already in the society’s possession

Web site

The website received 365 visitors this week who looked at 681 pages. The top page was email 2002 and the most visited photograph this week was Occasion unknown. Visits included people from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Cayman Islands, Pennsylvania, Spain, Central African Republic, Sudan, Denmark, Germany, South Carolina, Florida, Italy, California, Virginia, Australia, Canada, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Jersey, Texas, Croatia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines and Chile.

The society will tour Brierley on Sunday August 25 with the last of the original

Danny Oats ice cream carts. (click here to see the photographs)

THE SOCIETY’S OFFICES AT THE REAR OF BRIERLEY HALL WILL BE MANNED AT THE FOLLOWING DAYS AND TIMES.

Monday 10am till 12 noon.

Pop in and have a look at us over a cuppa.

Wednesday 10 am till 12.30pm.

(Action plan for jobs.)

Thursday night 7pm till 9.

Jean Mann will be available to answer your Genealogy questions.

Volunteers wanted to catalogue the materials already in the society’s archives.

Brierley Historic Photographic Society

SUMMER RAFFLE

Thank you all for your wonderful support

WINNING NUMBERS

Codes. Pink F987. Yellow L58E. Green L547.

COLOUR	NO.	PRIZE	WINNER
GREEN	686	1^st Prize. CD/RADIO CASSETTE MUSIC CENTRE Bought with donations from Conc. Alex Vodden, Chris Sykes and Sylvia Nixon	Andy Jenkinson
PINK	161	2^nd Prize. BOTTLE OF HOUSE OF COMMONS WHISKY Donated by Jeff and Margaret Ennis MP	Margaret
PINK	941	3^RD Prize. BOTTLE OF GRANTS WHISKY Donated by Kwik Save Grimethorpe	Jim Harrison
GREEN	256	4^th Prize. RADIO/ALARM CLOCK Donated by FRONTSL/DE	Ronald Foster
GREEN	661	5^TH Prize. COFFEE PERCULATOR Donated by Gazza and Mary	Billy Bates
GREEN	386	6^th Prize. £10 MEAT VOUCHER Donated by Kwik Save Butchers Grimethorpe	Mary Niven
PINK	671	7^th Prize. £10 FRUIT & VEG OR FLOWERS Donated by ‘Kerry’s’ Grimethorpe	Ron Sollit
PINK	296	8^th Prize. BOTTLE OF CROFTS ORIGINAL SHERRY Donated by Mr & Mrs Firth – Grange Road.	Des Haynes
GREEN	606	9^th Prize. BOTTLE OF RED & WHITE WINE	Tracy Molics
GREEN	96	10^TH prize. CUDDLY MONKEY & CHOCOLATE Donated by Caroline Hotchins	Mrs Edith Sheard
GREEN	61	11^th Prize. MUSICAL CLOCK Donated by Mrs Edith Sheard	Elsie Knight

Raffle in Post Office =	£155.50	Windmill Av Street Party = £50 Chris Sykes = £10 Alex Vodden = £10 Sylvia Nixon = £10 Hillside Tara = £10 Post Office = £2 Total Donations =	£92.00
Raffle in Club =	£48.00	Raffle =	£203.50
Total =	£203.50	Total raised =	£295.50

At a meeting of the Brierley Historic Photographic Society on Monday May 20 2002, Billy and Yvonne Bates, Joan Gomersall and Paula Hutley, were co-opted onto the management committee. There are two spare places available for the informal genealogy class, which will start on Thursday night June 13 at 7pm. The course will be taken by Jean Mann from Grimethorpe and will be for members of the society who will meet every two weeks. The course is free to anyone wishing to become a society member. Membership is £1 per year to cover administration costs. The society is also seeking any residents who have a little spare time on their hands to volunteer their services in cataloguing the material already in the archives. If you would like to become a member or you would like to volunteer your services you can call in the society’s meeting room at the rear of Brierley Hall The society will be holding a raffle starting on June 10. Tickets will be available from 9am till 12noon Monday to Friday in the post office where the society will also be putting a number of old photographs on show. Subscriptions are now due for the year 2002/03

There is at least 6-12 months work before we are in a position to open the archive room to the public, but this is one aim of the society. If you live local and feel you can assist us with any of our work, or if you just fancy popping in to look at us and have a cuppa, please feel welcome.

To avoid confusion, can we explain that BAIPIP will remain the name of the work we do under the Brierley Historic Photographic Society.

PLANS AND IDEAS YOU MAY WISH TO HELP WITH

Cataloguing the 1200 or so photographs in the archives.

Visiting Barnsley Library to search the local newspapers for news on Brierley to add to the newspaper cuttings section.

Listing the graves in Brierley cemetery and eventually St Peters at Felkirk

Recording the old Brierley School registers which started in 1873 to the present day.

Recording modern day events

Developing and printing in the darkroom (Training given)

Visiting residents and recording their memories

Working with this web site

Helping with e-mail enquires (Generally family history research)

Researching for the next book 'Brierley Remembered No2' and writing up for this

Old Brierley calendar and Christmas card designing for this year

Use of Internet and e-mail

WE ALSO HAVE PLANS FOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS TO BE SET UP

Genealogy

Metal detecting

Camera club (including darkroom)

Local history research

Junior members / camera club/ e-mail pen pal club

We are also willing to listen to other ideas.

WE ALSO HAVE A COPY OF THE 1881 CENSUS IF YOU WISH TO VIEW IT

Or why not just pop in and have a chat over a cuppa with us

Hours of opening will be posted here once we are organised

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